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H. A. RING.

VELOGIPEDE.

Patentedfeb. 2.2. 1887.

NITED STATES PATENT FFICEQ HOMER A. KING, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSAOHUSETIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE KING VVHEEL OOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VELOCIPEDE.

SPEOIIE'ICATION forming paart o! Letters Patent N0. 358,204, dated February 22, 1887.

Applicntion filed A ugust 5, 1886. Sorial N0. 210,107. (1\o model.)

T0 all whom it may concern.

Be ib known thatz I, HOMER A. KING. a oitizen of the United Stabes, residing ab Springfield, in the county of Hampden und State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Velocipedes,which improvements are fully sei; forth in the following speeification, Ehe aocompanying draw1'ngs making parb of the speci'fication.

My invention .relates to improvements in bioycles, tricycles, and quadricycles; and' in consists in an im proved steering-head wibh bhe fork formed by unit-ing tubes.

Heretofore bhe steeringheads of velocipedes have been forged with a solid areh and sldes of t-he fork solid either all the way Clown or brazed into tubes, which are heavy. My inventyion renders theu1 lighter ancl stronger when of the same weight.

My invention further eonsists in an improved rear fork, Ehe tw0 sides formed of tubfing riveted and brazed together in the lower end of the perohwhich is strenger than when made by splitabing a tube or forming eaeh side of sheet metal, and lighter than when made solid. Myinveution furhher consistsin animproved spring-frame fo1 a veloeipede-saddle 1uade of onepiece of steel wire or rod bent as shown to reeeive the leather.

Referring to the drawin'gs, similar lett;ers of reference indioate corresponding parts.

Figure 1 shows the upper par of the fork 0f the large front wheel of a bicyole, co nstructed of tuloe's flattened and inclosed in an ouber piece of tubing, where 115 is pinned and brazed to form the steering-head of the fork of the large fronb steering-wheel. Ib may be eonstrnebed Wibh inclined surfaces on 13l1e onliside ab v, upon whieh the peroh conneebion or neck D may fit. The neck D also has abeveled su rface ab its upper end ab v, into which a beveled projeetion from the base of thehandle-bar fits. Fig. 1 also shows the fulcrums F F inserted in the end of the sldes of the fork, an d also bhe axle-supports G G insert-ed in forks F; b11t 1 prefer to have G G and F F flatalaened 1ike the head of the rear fork, Fig. 4, and inserbed in F, as shown in Fig. 5. 'I.he center of the steering-head and bhe forks may loe made of one piece of tubing.

F1'g. 2 is a cross-section of Fig. l, haken in line y y, and shows the spaoe bebween tl1e outer perch-neck, D, and the tube enoircling the united sides of the fork.

Fig. 3 is a sectaionalview of the fork for the small wheel of a veloeipede, and is shown formed of tubing inserted (betweeu Z Z) in Ehe end of the peroh, whieh 1's shown broken offjusb abovewhere the fork 1's riveted to hold ib in place while it is brazed into the peroh. 'lhe rear fork may be made of one or of two pieces of tubing formed into the shape shown. Ib may be inserted direebly into the lowerend of the perch, as shown, 01 brazed into a short: tobe and t-hiS slipped over the lower end of the backbone and brazed or used as the fork of the small steering-wheel of a bieycle or tricyele, and used before 01 in the rear of a large wheel.

Fig. 4 is a cross-seetion of the two sides of Ehe fork where united in tl1e perch between Z Z, Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is parb of a side elevation view of a bioycle to show retracing-drum B, the fulcrum F, and axle-supporb G, flattened, as shown in eross-seetion in Fig. 4, and inserted and brazed in fork F. II: also shows the lev'er E wxth treadle R, rim and tire A, perch M, the handle-base H, and perch-connectioh D, witl1 hole at a for saddle Spring-Clip, saddle-spring S, with clips b and b, and leathexseat O, (bot on1y one of the clips b or b may be used,) and the rests for the spring-rocl being above 01 below the cenlaer, moving the Clip back or forwa.rd raises or-depresses the rear end of he saddle.

Fig. 6 is a seetional side elevation view of parl: of Fig. 5; haken in line D M, ancl shows the hollow z 110 lighten the neek Dmyinclined anbi-friction spool-bearings. and also shows one-half of tzhe spring saddle-frame bent up in fromm a S, running side of the perch ab S bent ab S" for elastioity, and benb ab Sso that Ehe leabher C shall turn over this ortion of the spring.

Fig. 7 is a top or plan view of the spring saddle-frame made of one piece of suitablesized steel wife or rod. 'Ihe parts Smay ran parallel or nearly parallel ab 13he sides of 01 above Ehe perch M, and the rear end may be adjusted by moving t-he elips b 0r b.

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Fig. 8 is o view in perspeobivo o1 thespringsaddle-frmne, showing more aocnrately the rear pitch of the elevated fronb to hold the front. 011d of the leather seat C.

Fig. 9 is a top or plan view of the conrpleted s'acldle, the dots showing the conrso of the steel rods. A spring nmy bo arrzrnged,ossentially as in a former appliczrtion of mine, to automaticzrlly bring the sides of the saddle nearor togebher xvhen relieved of Lhe, rlders weight, und the weight 0f tl1e riclor to spren(l them apart; 01 they nmy be seoured ab any lesired distanco apart by laoing extending fron1 a lower lining-sbrip of one part of tho seab O to a sbrip 011 tl1e nndcr side of lhe other porb of seab C, or tl1e scat closed ab eaol1 end. 'Ihe tension o1 the seal; may bo regulated hy ad justiug the olips.

Having thus closoribod myinvontion, whzrb I claim as new, und desire to securo by Letters Patent, is

l. A bioyclo-fork und stooring-homl. for the front steering-wheol, both composed of tubing construoted essonbially as desoriborl, tl1e two arms of the fork nlone forming the arch of tl1e 1ork ovor tho wheeleach arm of uhe fork where united forming in cross-soction one-lmlf a circle, and tho two 1'orn1ing t-he Center oircular steering -heacl, which tapors npwardl y, und theso are permanontly nnited l y being in closed in a tubeand all three brazecl bogebher.

2. Tho stecring-head formed with tho sides of tl1e fork with tubing und the lmso of the handle-bar consbrncted so thut Ehe handlo-bars screwin againsl; the steering-head, as shown.

3. The hollow fork ol' a, smnll whoel ol' a velocipede formed nob of sl1oet metal, bot of tubing, euch prong of the fork formed of tub ing shaped as set forth, with alug a1; thelower end for t-ho wheel-pin or bearing am]. shaped nea1 tho upper end so thab bhe two sides form the arch, und the two complementary sides shaped to form together,above t1l1e arch, asubstanbially cylindrioal shoulder and tenon for the jointure with tho perch or frame where ib is inserbed, pinued, und lnazed, substantially ns Set. forth.

4. 'lhe steel spring soddle-frmne made of one pioce of metal bent, essentially, as shown, wibh a horizontal part of the rod just back of the steering-hoad ab 1ight angles with the baokbone und bent downward 011 each side of tho baokbone 110 forn1 the spring-fromm of the suddle without bhe usual reur suddle-platethe rods bencling upward and forward, then npward, backward, und npwnrd when auch end of the rod forming tho saddle-springs under Ehe 1ear of the semz is bent onuward nearly ab right angles to tl1o bzrckbone zrnd nearly in a horizontal position, the encls being gradnally bent inward, and noar euch end inward and downward, und tho seat suspended from the fronfi horizontal pmb of tl1o saddle-frame to Ehe renr horizontal part, snbstantially as Set forth, a c1ip holdingthe front; ond of the frznne to the neck of the backbone, and one or more clips hol(ling the frame in proper position at each side of the bockbono.

HOMER A. KING.

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